A computer server is disclosed having one of the set of drive bays thereof constructed in the form of a dual-purpose bay with a hard disk drive female connector and a combo device female connector so that a hard disk drive and a combo device can be alternatively installed in the dual-purpose bay, which combo device having a DVD-ROM male connector and a floppy disk drive male connector integrated into a combo device male connector electrically connectable to the combo device female connector of the dual-purpose bay.
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1. A computer server comprising: a plurality of drive bays, said drive bays each comprising two opposite sidewalls, a back wall, two sliding grooves respectively mounted on said two sidewalls, and a first female connector provided at said back wall; wherein at least one of the plurality of drive bays comprises a second female connector; and at least one combo device capable of correspondingly inserting into said at least one of the drive bays which having said second female connector; wherein, said at least one combo device comprising: an optical disk drive, said optical disk drive having an optical disk drive male connector; a floppy disk drive, said floppy disk drive having a floppy disk drive male connector; and a rack for stacking up said optical disk drive and said floppy disk drive, said rack comprising a base frame, two side bars fixedly provided at two opposite lateral sides of said base frame, two sliding rails respectively provided at said two side bars for coupling to the two sliding grooves of said at least one of the drive bays which having said second female connector, and a combo device male connector integrated with said optical disk drive male connector and said floppy disk drive male connector and electrically connectable to the second female connector of said at least one of the drive bays.
2. The computer server as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said optical disk drive is a thin type CD-ROM drive.
3. The computer server as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each said drive bays has a recess in a front wall thereof for receiving the optical disk drive of said combo device, and a spring-supported stop plate pivoted to the front wall adjacent to the recess for keeping a opening from sight after removal of said combo device from the respective drive bay.
4. The computer server as claimed in claim 1 , wherein further comprises a plurality of detachable hard disk drives each comprises a first male connector for electrically connecting to the first female connector of each of said drive bays correspondingly.
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